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— an inquiry into older people and human rights in home care | | Corporate Author | Equality and Human Rights Commission - EHRC |
| Publisher | Equality and Human Rights Commission - EHRC, November 2011 |
| Pages | 111 pp; executive summary 9 pp |
| Source | http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-polic... |
| Keywords | Home care services ; Rights [elderly] ; Human rights ; Elder abuse ; Reports. |
| Annotation | The report uncovered serious breaches to the human rights of older people receiving basic care in their own homes. These breaches included cases of physical abuse, theft, neglect and disregard for privacy and dignity. The writers argue that many of these problems could be resolved if local authorities made more of the opportunities they have to promote and protect older people's human rights in the way home care is commissioned, and the way home care contracts are procured and monitored. Also older people should have greater choice and control over their own care through, for example, personalisation of services. Key challenges to the human rights of older people were found to include age discrimination, a lack of informed choice on care, a lack of investment in home care workers and output-driven commissioning. Threats to human rights in home care should be brought to light and dealt with through better complaints procedures, better legal protection from age discrimination and better underpinning of social care legislation with human rights principles. An executive summary (10 pp; ISBN 9781842064252) is also available. (JL/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111129001 B |
| Classmark | NH: IKR: IKT: QNT: 6K |
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